ARTIFICIAL BAITS. 



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of spoon and minnow bait, and so the list mounts up and 

 each season there are many new ones added to the list. 



One that is known as the Booster bait is on the bordei 

 between the artificial and the natural baits. It is made oi 

 red, white and yellow cloth and is filled with substances said 

 to attract fish by its taste or odor when wet. It has no 

 hooks and is used same as a natural bait. Each bait will last 

 for a day or a day and a half of fishing. 



For salt-water fishing artificial baits are also used, but 



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Fluted Casting Baits or Spoons. 



they do not vary so much in form. They are usually some 

 form of spoon or an imitation of a small squid or cuttlefish 

 and called squids. 



Squids are made of block tin, bone, cedar wood 

 (weighted) and pearl. They are used for mackerel, weak- 

 fish, bluefish, etc. 



Spoon baits for use in salt-water are of large size and 

 usually have the hooks attached to the end of the spoon. 

 The Wilson's, Sam's and Stewart spoons are the most 



